One class of ancient Roman gladiator called the hoplomachus was inspired by the equipment and fighting style of the Greek ...

The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used: the gladius) appears around 264BCE, 2300 years ago, back when Rome was still a republic and didn’t have an ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to such a civilized and sophisticated ...

This object arrived at Piddington from Gaul or Rome and may have been brought back ... It depicts a 'secutor' gladiator and is made of copper alloy with an iron blade, inlaid with copper and ...

Italy's mafia rarely dirties its hands with blood these days. Just 17 people were killed by the mob in Italy in 2022, ...

Timo, a student at the Gladiators' Academy in Rome, has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is, until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. With the help of ...

Expeditions: Rome is a role-playing and strategy video ... so if we are too bitten by the ‘Gladiator II’ bug, it is a highly recommended option. This spin-off of the Total War saga is a ...

Mirko Ellis (Frasto)Pietro De Vico (Pompilio) Mario Costa A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas. Advertisement ...

Is Gladiator based on a true story? Ridley Scott’s Gladiator is loosely based on real events in ancient Rome. The film is accurate is some areas, it predominately took inspiration from the time.